Meaning of broad | Babel Free

Definitions

1. wide; broad
2. Wide in extent or scope.
3. proud
4. Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
5. width, breadth, span
6. Having a large measure of any thing or quality; unlimited; unrestrained.
7. first-person singular present indicative of anchar
8. Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
9. Plain; evident.
10. General rather than specific.
11. Unsubtle; obvious.
12. Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
13. Gross; coarse; indelicate.
    dated
14. Strongly regional.
15. Velarized, i.e. not palatalized.

Equivalents

Examples

“three feet broad”

“the broad expanse of ocean”

“Thus Falstaff, in Shakspeare, is a character of the broadest comedy, giving himself unreservedly to the senses, coolly ignoring the Reason, whilst he invokes its name, pretending to patriotism and to parental virtues, not with any intent to deceive, but only to make the fun perfect by enjoying the confusion betwixt reason and the negation of reason,—in other words, the rank rascaldom he is calling by its name.”

“Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.”

“Julia Farrington, head of arts at Index on Censorship, argues that extra powers to ban violent videos online will "end up too broad and open to misapplication, which would damage freedom of expression".”

“Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […] But the scandals kept coming, and so we entered stage three – what therapists call "bargaining". A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul. Instead it offers fixes and patches.”

“The criterion for positivity was determined for each antigen of each species applying a mixture model to the PP data which assumed two inherent Gaussian distributions: a narrow distribution or seronegatives, and a broader distribution of seropositives.”

“To meet it, pro-democracy organizations, universities and law firms must bravely speak up against abuses of power while building the broadest possible coalition to stand up for fundamental rights.”

“broad and open day”

“crushing the minds of its victims in the broad and open day”

“a broad mixture of falsehood”

“The words in the Constitution are broad enough to include the case.”

“in a broad, statesmanlike, and masterly way”

“a broad hint”

“to be in broad agreement”

“Lee: I wrote that line for you. Maeve: A bit broad, if you ask me.”

“as broad and general as the casing air”

“a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humour”

“She still has a broad Scottish accent, despite moving to California 20 years ago.”

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